Our advent adventure for today was to visit the reindeer at Swanson's (had to cancel last week due to illnesses). So, we got to go with Gigi, who enjoyed being at the nursery with us for her first time. We did a loop of activities there, saw the reindeer, camel and donkey, went through the shops, visited the koi fish, saw the train display, ate a treat in the cafe, and then back out to see the animals get fed, and even help feed the reindeer.
One of my favorite moments was as we were leaving when H started asking questions about Santa's reindeer and where the rest of them were? I explained that they were visiting other children around the world, and they would all go back to the north pole in time to help Santa. Her face really lit up when we then talked about how these guys would soon land on our nice flat roof on Christmas eve. Tonight at bedtime she and I decided that along with the cookies we leave for Santa, we'll be sure to leave some apple slices for the reindeer, since we know now that's what they really like!
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